Ou Line
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The Ou Main Line (奥羽本線) is a rail line which runs from Fukushima City, Fukushima prefecture, across Akita prefecture, and ends at Aomori City, Aomori prefecture.
Rail Line Data
- Length: Fukushima City to Aomori City 484.5km
- Rail Gauge: 1067mm (1435mm where joined with Shinkansen)
- Stations
- Passenger Stations: 100 (including terminus)
- Passenger Stations in Akita: 46
- Cargo Stations: 2 (Tsuchizaki Station & Akita Port Station
Double Track Sections: 13 Electrification Sections: all passenger stations
Form of Service
The entire line is under one name, but it actually operates in four seperate segments.
Fukushima Station ~ Shinjo Station
Shinjo Station ~ Omagari Station This segment passes from Yamagata prefecture to Yuzawa City, Yokote City, Misato Town, and into Daisen City. One train, either regular or express, will pass every hour or two.
Omagari Station ~ Akita Station The Akita Shinkansen also operates on this line and requires a wider rail gauge along this segment. Therefore, one will find three parallel rails along the tracks in this segment.
Akita Station ~ Aomori Station Except for some special and large trains, this segment is actually broken into three sub-segments: Akita Station~Odate Station, Odate Station~Hirosaki Station, Hirosaki Station~Aomori Station. Only two or three trains make the full trip from Akita Station to Aomori Station daily.
- Daytime Express Trains
- Express Train "Kamoshika" (Akita Station~Aomori Station
- Express Train "Inaho" (A direct line cross the Uetsu Main Line and Hakushin Line onto the Ou Main Line, running from Niigata Station~Aomori Station
- Nighttime Express Trains
- Express Sleeper Train "Akebono" (Ueno Station~Aomori Station
- Express Sleeper Train "Nihonkai" (Osaka Station~Aomori Station
- Special Express Sleeper Train "Twilight Express" (Osaka Station~Sapporo Station
Stops in Akita prefecture:
- Yuzawa City
- Yokobori Station
- Mitsuseki Station
- Kamiyuzawa Station
- Yuzawa Station
- Shimoyuzawa Station
- Yokote City
- Jumonji Station
- Daigo Station
- Yanagita Station
- Yokote Station - connects with the JR Kitakami Line.
- Misato Town
- Gosannen Station
- Itzume Station
- Daisen City
- Omagari Station - connects to JR Tazawako Line
- Jinguji Station
- Kariwano Station
- Mineyoshikawa Station
- Ugosakai Station
- Akita City
- Obarino Station
- Wada Station
- Yotsugoya Station
- Akita Station - connects to JR Uetsu Main Line
- Tsuchizaki Station
- Kamiijima Station
- Oiwake Station - connects to JR Oga Line
- Katagami City
- Oshimizu Signal Cabin
- Okubo Station
- Ugoitzuka Station
- Ikawa Town
- Ikawa Sakura Station
- Hachirogata Town
- Hachirogata Station
- Mitane Town
- Koikawa Station
- Kado Station
- Moritake Station
- Kitakanaoka Station
- Noshiro City
- Minami Noshiro Signal Cabin
- Higashi Noshiro Station - connects to the JR Gono Line
- Tsurugata Station
- Tomine Station
- Futatsui Station
- Kita Akita City
- Maeyama Station
- Takanosu Station - connects to the Akita Nairiku Line.
- Nukazawa Station
- Odate City
- Hayaguchi Station
- Shimokawazoi Station
- Odate Station - connects with the JR Hanawa Line and the prive Kosaka Line
- Hakutaku Station
- Jimba Station
